Illuminated floral piece



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B. E. WILSON.

ILLUMINATED FLORAL PIECE. No. 362,691.

Patented May 10, 1887.

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ILLUMINATED FLORAL PIECE. No. 362,691. Patented May 10, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUTH E. WILSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ILLUMINATED FLORAL PIECE.

SPECEFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,691, dated May 10,1887.

Application filed January 13, 1887. Serial No. lilflfll.

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Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have inventednew and Improved Illuminated Floral Pieces, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in floral pieces, and has for itsobject to provide a means of illuminating the same.

The invention consists in providing a floral piece with a reflector inkeeping with the design, and jets of light introduced before the saidreflector, and in the details of construction thereof, as will behereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my complete device, and Fig. 2 acentral vertical section through the same.

111 carrying out my invention I employ the usual wire frame, A, commonlyused in making up a floral bell, and introduce within said frame a body,B, of substantially the same contour. The said body B, which may be ofmetal or other suitable material, is secured to the lower outer edge, a,of the wire frame by soldering or otherwise, and is provided upon theupper or top side thereof, centrally the same, with an aperture, 11,surrounded by an upwardly-extending tubular casing, b, adapted toproject above the top of the wire frame.

Vithin the body B, I introduce a reflector, D, which may be of glass orburnished metal, constructed similar in shape to the said body, but ofincreased diameter and height, and provide the top with projections anumber of perforations, d, and a central aperture, 0?.

The reflector D is held in position within the body B by a tube, E,having a flange, 0, attached thereto near the top, and burners e at thebottom. The tube is projected through the central aperture, (1, of thereflector until the flange e is brought in contact with the top surfaceof the said reflector, and the burners 0 coming just below or within itsbottom edge, the reflector and tube are now passed up into the bodyuntil the projections d are brought in contact with the top of the body,the top of the tube being introduced into the tubular To the upper endof the tube E, I attach a stop-cock, F, and within said stopcock screwan incased pipe, f, adapted for attachment to any gas-supply pipe.

The reflector D being made of smaller di ameter and shorter than thebody B, an airspace, H, is formed between the sides and top thereof,which airspace has an outlet in the tubular casing b, the said casingbeing made of a greater diameter than the tube E it is adapted toreceive.

The wire frame A is packed with moss in the ordinary manner, and flowersplaced therein until the said frame is completely covered. The completedbell may then be attached to the gas-supply pipe and the burnerslighted, whereupon the light will be reflected in the room withbeautiful effect, and the gas may be kept burning for hours withoutinjury to the flowers, as the air-chamber H protects them from the heat,the greater percentage of which passes up through the apertures d in thetop of the reflector, and thence up through the tubular casing b of thebody into the room. This means of illumination may be applied to anyfloral designs, and Ido not therefore limit myself to a bell. Anyreflecting-surface may be used and the body may be constructed ofvarious materialssuch as earthenware, tin, or equivalent substances-andthe flame need not necessarily be produced from gas, as with suitableburners gasoline, oil, or other inflammable fluid may be employed.

It will be observed that two air-chambers intervene the flame and theflowers. The first, being located between the reflector and the metallicbody, is supplied with a constant current of air between the lower edgesthereof,

which are not tightly closed, and the second,

lying between the body and the wire frame, holding the moss, to whichair is accessible through the open top. The heat is therefore greatlyreduced before coining in contact with the moss,which, being welldampened, retains its moisture for considerable time,thereby preservingthe freshness of the embedded flowers.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a floral piece, of a reflector of substantiallythe same form held within said floral piece a distance from the frame,whereby an air-space is produced in tervening the said frame and thereflector, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a reflector, of a floral piece provided with ametallic body adapted to fit over said reflector, and means forcirculating air between the body and refl'ector, and means forilluminating the same, substantially as herein set forth.

3. The combination, with a reflector provided with an apertured top, ofa floral piece having a metallic body larger than the reflector, adaptedto fit over the same and provided with an upper incased aperture, andmeans for illuminating the combined floral RUTH E; WILSON.

Witnesses:

J. F. AOKER, Jri, H. W. WILsoN.

